Intro: C Am C Am C Am

You say I took the name in vain,

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Now I've heard there was a secret chord Though I don't even know the name,
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That David played and it pleased the Lord But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
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But you don't really care for music, do you? There's a blaze of light in every word,
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It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, It doesn't matter which you heard:
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The minor fall, the major lift, The holy or the broken Hallelujah.
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The baffled king composing, Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu - jah.
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Hallelu - jah.
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I did my best, it wasn't much,
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Your faith was strong but you needed proof, I couldn't feel so I tried to touch.
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You saw her bathing on the roof: I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you.
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Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you. And even though it all went wrong
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She tied you to a kitchen chair, I'll stand before the Lord of Song
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She broke your throne, and she cut your hair, With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah.
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And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu - jah.
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Hallelu - jah.